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Record Number:
2453
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Howell , Martha C.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Fixing Movables: Gifts by Testament in Late Medieval Douai [The personal goods that women bequeathed to family, friends, and the poor carried social meaning and economic value].
Source URL:
Past and Present
(Full Text via JSTOR) 150 (Feb. 1996): 3-45.
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Past and Present
(Full Text via JSTOR) 150 (Feb. 1996): 3-45.
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Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Clothing
Douai, Nord, France
Economics
Gender
Gifts
Law
Lay Piety
Property
Social Networks
Wills
Wives
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Will; Douai, Archives Municipales. FF 861-84- Wills in "chirographe," an individual parchment with three copies of the text to be divided among the aldermen, testator, and executor. FF 444-50- Wills in "registre," 1419-1495.
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Author's Affiliation:
Columbia University
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00312746
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